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'ESTO'
BOOST HIS CIAH.1S
. - FOR CHOICE PLUM
AshevlHe'Uwyef Will Make
Active Fight To LandJolrAs
- . ' Circuit Judges - -ASHEVILLE
LAWYERS TO
-FURNISH HIM BACKING
ExICoMgreMintn Puts Eat la
' Kinf Ii WMhinjton With
Flourish To Ton; Congress
mah HaflettWard" Makes
Speech Against Immigration
: BUI In Hew York ; ',7.
' Th Haw sad Obsrvr Bureau, .
,' 03 District National Bank Bids',
X Br EDWABD X. BETTTOIf
KBy Special Leased Wm.)' 7;
; Wsshlngton, April S9Bat ow
upon th eh in Washington, J. J.
Britt, of Ashevill, on tim mamber
of Congress ' and oaa tima assistant
postmaster general. Tha allurement of
the pi counter is th riOBibl en
of his edmingfrom tha mountain of
North Carolina to tha Potom laadi
about Washington monument, for those
aro lands bow flowing wita auu aw
honor for the Republicans who hay the
proper pull. And tbo nw in North
Carolina thai,. Col., Jh Meekin. had
landed, that soft berth had boas
found for Iredell lleares, that Date
Blair had been given his, sU were
tempting things to indueetbe offle
eeainf -BepobHeaiis to. Washington.
Aad hence it has come to paae that ex
Offle Holder Britt U here, with the de
"iire aad purpose to lot rid of the ex.
Braum has had for the Taeaat judrahip
' of tha rourth district elreo.U eourt of
appoalt doe sot in the ilifhteet deter
Mr. ,BrUt. His hat -is is the ting with
- a flourish to the toes, fof he, too, has
backer Aad did ot the Wj Julgi
Jeter C. Pritchard inform -Pretident
Harding that whe his poet was Taeant
l.a wished Mr. Britt to have the job
And did not the two sons of the depart,
ed judge eome to Washingtoa and fell
the Preaident of their father's wisht
And then there is delegation that is
eoming here meat Mondny or Tuesday
from Ashevill to further boost him
for the job. That is the program, aad
Mr. Britt proposes to put up a stiff
n tmnS tha noaitiaa. " '
Id ths delfgatlo from Aaherille It is
: said there will bo Democrats aa well as
Republicans, the bar of Afho'iJlJ aaa
of other plaeea wiUbe represented, and
1 there will be a general ehorus ofjfom
1 Biendation 6t ttiAsharni" ana as the
' 4a- nnlnta In tha iudnahin. Thus
begtnneth; or eononueth, the 'ease of
Britt versus lyaum u u apiw w
ths job. , . ' ;
W.ri BaMka in New Torlt
Congreasnua Hallet & Ward of the
Trmt nutrlet is back from a. jrisit-W
New York where he went to make aa
address against the immiaratioa bul
bow before Congreea. Mr. Ward ipoke
in the Lexington theatre before a great
: , audience, t waa aa experience," he
' said "to address such a great audience,
for to. IlwuLudhstJIEJhiTwbjfi.s
' customed to make speeches to from 1Z
in unnl dnrinr'the oolitieal cam
paigns, and it was a whsling big crowd
that J. addressed is Hew York when I
spoke against tue penoing-out -m m
, wiinSnitnn )iu adelefatiom here to-
dar, but it is not a delegation after
office for its members or any one else,
t. i mr JimH H. Cowan, the mayor.
elect otWilmington, the Collector of
V the port wider the WUson administra
tion, whoa resignation wUi be tendertd
effects. May 81, E. V. Taylor and hCoL.
. Walker Taylor, of Wilmington. Their
7 mission was two-fold, uae wing h wm
... . cAMultation with a Seulp-
tor of ote.'j. W. Miller, of Baltimore,
whom they will . agaia see tomorrow,
cnnMiraine the monument to be erected
in-Wilmington in honor of the memory
of the New Hanover eousty men whose
lira went out if the world war. - Tea
I thousand doUars' has been -laMe for
tne monument. i
Another was to secure one or more
Vesecla for WUmington at the time of
the Cape Fear pageant to b held about
middle of June. The roqw
will be mad t the Nary Departaeat
hrh Rnfttora Simmoa and Orar
man and BepresentaUv Lyon and it is
hoped that there .will be favorable
response. The pogeaat f th Cap
rear-Wilmington, to the sea-i expected
to attract a great crowd of Tiaitom to
Wilmington. ,
i .n, m Cammltto
- Congressman William C. Hammer;" of
th Betentk istfiet,wnois m mww
ef th District of Columbia eommitte
f tha Housel ha ben . put on two
most important 1 aub-committoes, en
that la to hat charge of matters per
taining to th proposed, merger of the
two electric street railways, the Cspltal
Traction company and the Washington
Eleetri Bailway.' The first compaay is
din rich on the present eight cent
ear far with foiir tokens for 30 cents.
while th other announces tna u
losing money. Th publi take th
.( that tha far' ought to be fir
cents, and th two views are to be pre
sented to th sub-eemraittee, the other
"two members of which ar prominent
lawyers. Th other suh committee on
which Mr. Hammer has bees given place
is that on . education in the. District
There is to be Sn cxnewditar of ten
million dollars, with 1M Khool rooms
needed - in th District, and Congress
in mi Hammer with two ethers is to
(..ilia thle matter. ( -
Th curtain tings hp tomorrow on th
fight that Senatqr Hiram Johnson, of
' Califoraia, la to iaeo in nomunna
f U.vid II. Blair of Wiastoa-
Ralrm, a Commissioner of Internal
Beveau. th cans sf Seaator John
son' opposition, being that he holds
that DvS Blair with other Bepublican
delegate to th Bepublican - National
Convention at Chicago eold him out by
wot eomnlvin with the vot of North
Carolina Bepublican for .him as the
residential nomine. la th heat of
. (Coattnned en Page Two.) -
StcclTrust Charged With; :
- N Unfair Trade Practices
Formal Complaint Filed Against United Stater Steel Corpor-
ation and Eleven Subsidiaries by Federal Trade : Commis
ion; ' "Pittsburg Plus Price" .Particular Practice Com
plained of prajhrol of Ultimate . Iron Ore Supply Also
.CIwgecL, 7"- " r
Washingtoa, .April A formal
complaint 'against th 'TJnrted1 8Utes
Steel Corporation and eleven - subsidU
ariee eompaniea, alleging unfair emp
Utioa in tatoratoto eommsree, wu ia
sued today by th rederal Trad Com
miaaion. Thus th Commiaaion tnally
ha dacided that it has sufficient juris
diction to take up the long sUndiag
eemplaints by various naers of steel
produeU and ether against h alleged
ne by the corporation of th device
konwn as The Pittsburg plus pries."
It was aaaooaeed, however, that' the
Commiasioa had divided three to two,
Chairman Thompson and Commissioners
Pollard and Nugent voting for issuance
of th complaint, and Commissioaers
Gaskill and Mardoek dissenting. .
Maay CoaapUlato Ma4e.
The Steel Corporation aad its sub
sidiaries are given SO day or- until
May 81. to mak formal answer to th
complaint after which the eaa will pro
ceed to trial on its merita. The com
plaint was issued nnder th Clayton
anti trust act aad th law establishing
th Commiasioa, and. the Commission's
announcement said th ease was "an
outgrowth of conditions complained of
by more than 2,700 monnfaeturers Of
atoel In ths Chiesc. Dumth and Birm
ingham districted by legislatures of
thre tates, by several municipalities,
and by chamber of commerce and
many bu lines organisations tnrouga
out th United States.' r ,
The Pittsburg. plus pries is described
at length in the commission's uaeanee
ment which aava that under it U
steel, except rails, whichever made,
aad whether made la United States
Airplane ' Smashes Into Pine
Tree at Pope Field While
v Making Test Flight
layetteville, April 29. Lieut Joseph
E. Virgin and Lieut. Bsrdson 3, Hart-
man, . of th eighth aer equadroa,
Uaited State Army, were instantly
killed 'at Pop Field, Camp Bf2gg, near
nor thi aOeraeon When the Bgia
i th pSa. thwaghtt havj died, a
a aharp tarn aad th machine, going
into n aid llp, crashed t:- a pis
tree Tha. shin waa -being piloted, by
Lieutenant Virgin. Th plane W-ta
they were flying at the time was a new
DeHavilaad type 4 B with a 480 horse
power liberty motor. In making a teit
flight with the earn - plan Tuesday
Lieutrnant Hartman had mad th 80
mil, flight from Pop Field to Golds-
boro invJO miautes. - - '
lieutenant Virgin's nesrest relatives
ia hia mother, Mrs. Joseph E. Virgin,
of Norman. Okja., white Lieutenant
Hartman' home address is Beading,
Pa where hi father, John II. Hart
man live. It was said tonight that
the bodies will be forwarded to their
respective hornet Sunday, Parents of
both the young officers Were notified
by telegraph immediately after the ac
cident . . '
Motor tn Perfect Condition.
The cause ef the accident ia not defi
nitely known. It is thought that the
aviators msy have lost control in
(hanging control from one pilot to an
other or that the-, engine may have
gone dead as Lieutoaant Virgin was
banking on a turn - theun it ia said
that the motor was in perfect conditio.!
when the flight was started and that
there was no defect in th steering gear.
Th a viktor were eagaaed in a prae
tic iiaht in dropping messages at the
time of the accident At an altitude of
five hundred feet they wirelessed that
they were eoming down. At a height of
t Tsnndred feet, it is said, the pilot
attempted to wing over in order to sup
In. At this momeut th big piano
swerved to one side, struck the tree.
and plunged to the ground. Both the
officer were killed instantly, Lieutenant
Hartman' body being pierced by 6ne
of the struts of th machine. Lit-u tenant
Virgin's skaar-was crushed against th
gas tank. The engine af the plan
waa buried ia th ground by tne rorce
of the fall.
Both CaaabU Aviators.
Both ths flyers wars "'lots of flight
B of ths . eighth aero squadron and.
came to Pope Field with that eomman l
from Kelly Field, Texas, 'eight moat's
ago. Both lieutenants Hartman aad
Virgin were excellent' yon ng men, mid
CoL B. C. Foy, -camp commander, and
the eervie has lost two men taao were
vrr fin young fellow as well a
lasabla aviators. Immediately folios
ing the tragi accident Colonel Tow
ordered the flag onr the camp head
quarter lowered to half mast, :
Tod it's aeeident 1 th first serious
miahao ef the kind that has ever oeeured
at Pope Field since its establishment,
but the second airplane wreck to happen
near Fayetteville ia which two aviator
have lost their lire, th other oecoriag
ia Jaauary, 1919, . wbea Lieut H. H.
Pope, of Bedford, IaiL, aad Sergeant
W. W. Flemiag , of Proridenoe, B L,
were killed by the fall of their plane
into th Cape Fear river, -w -
LYNCH MISSOURI NEGRO
FOR ATTEMPTED ASSAULT
Bowling Gea, Mo' April 29. Boy
Hammonds, a 19-ysar old negro, await
ins transawrtation to th penitentiary
for attempted assault ob a lt-year eld
White girl, was seised at the depot her
tonight by a mob. They overpowered
the sheriff aad half a dosen deputies
and took Hammonds, for, they said, the
purpose of lynching him. . .. . y
Hammonds was lynched at TM 9Sm
the crowd hanging aim to a telegraph
TWO CAMP BRAGG
; AVIATORS KILLED
pole.; .7 '.7.
Steel Corporation plants orby its In
dependents, la aold at the I. o. b. ntta
burg price, plus aa amount equivalent
to the freight to point of destination,'
and aa an illustration says that thia
"means that the Gary steel fabricator
who runs hia ; own truck to th Gary,
Indiana, steel mill tad purchase steeK
manufactured at that plant muatKay
amount equaling freight rat ' from
Pittabarg to Gary w , - 7"
. Coatrots UltlsaaU Searce.
The complaint, ia not limited, however,
to the alleged use of( this device. It
ehargha spwcifieally that th Steel Cor
poration "owns and controls th ulti
mate iron ore supply in th United
States," and that because of "its power
aad inflaenee through th last percent
age of the steel manufacturing business
done by K ana snpponea oy u, n
consequent potential power to embar
rass or destroy it competitor by un
duly lowering its price schedules la tan
tamount to the naming by ths Steel
Corporation of prices that are to be
charged by all the steel manufacturers
in th United States."
The charges .also ar mad that th
n. . JU a i
rear has issued from tim to time price
quotations and schedules covering rolled
steel manufactured by it subsidiaries
aad that these quotation are adopted
by all. of the respondent subsidiaries
and their competitors ambatantially as
their quotations of prices, and that thia
aliened practise of atoel manufacturer
in tiling uniform prices succeeded th
custom which formerly prevailed where
by eueh manufacturers openly met at
interval and agreed upon prices walon.
they, were to eaarge ana maintain.
Resignation . of Mayor-Elect
Paves Way To Provide For
Another Republican
; -
Th). News and Observer Bureau,
" - a, 803 District National Bank Bldg
.Br BDWABD X, BKITTON.
, (By BpeeiaT Leased Wir.l
Washingtoa, Aprit 29. Talk here aa to
tne successor of James H. Cowan a eol
lector of . th port of " Wilmington,
whoso reaignatioa becomes effective
May SI, is that th contest among th
.Republican for thia aa three entries
Charles C. Cbsdbeura, 8. XL King, and
T. Trotter, with indications favonng
a., ti. King, ia tne poetoffiee ght two
am mentioned, B. F. Tucker and E. H.
Freemnf, with no indication wh leads
in th contest. CoL Iredell Meares of
Wilmington wh is to be a special as
sistant to the Attorney-General, it ia
understood, will report On Washington
for assignment to duty about May 10th.
It is learned that the House commit
tee on pension has agreed - to report
favorably the resolution introduced by
Beproeentative Hallett B. Ward for
peaaion of 813 a month to Mrs. Cornelia
A. Deal, of Franklin. She is the mother
of the late I A. Deal who died ef dis
ease contracted in the army in line of
duty during the Spanish-American war.
Congressman Zebuloa Weaver has in
trodueed a resolution in tbo House pro
viding for the removing of the statute
of limitations In the ease of Mrs. Corey
B. Moore, of Asheville,: widow of C. B.
Moore, who at the time of hia death was
clerk ef the Federal eourt at Asna.-
ville The resolution has for its pur
pose that Mrs. Moore may secure the
payment to her of feea aad emoluments
of the office held by her husband earned
br hint in the peicormanc of hia da
ties, the having been disallowed by
ths accounting omeer of the Treasury
The resolution would make it so that
the case would have standing in th
couyt of appeals. It. involves severs)
thousand dollars. ' Mr. Weaver has also
introduced a resolution . providing for
a 811 a month .pension zor Joseph H.
Penland. of Candler, Buncombe county.
who ws a member of the. 11th regiment
Tennessee volunteers In the war between
the state. Mr. Penland ia a blind man.
Homer I.yon ha gone, to is home
in Whiteville, Called there-by the ill
ness of hi wife. It 1 hia hop to re
turn within n week with Mrs. Lyon
and their children, if he finds that his
wife ha recovered sufficiently to .come
to Washingtoa at thia time.
Mr. Aqbu W. McLean gave a moat
delightful luncheon thia . afternoon at
bar residence, 13Z3 Bhode island Ave
nue. She entertained a large party of
friends and the afternoon .proved
most hsppy ons for each of her guests
Th floral decoration of the luncheon
table were esaukite. Both' Mr. and
Mrs. McLean have made great number
of friend during their stay ia Washing
ton, to which they 'eacie during the
World War when Mr. alcsjean was -a
member of the War Finaaee Corpora-
tioatf '
Among the North Carolina visitors to
Washington today are lieutenant Gov'
ersor W. a. Cooper of wilmmgton, wno
ia. the mast of his brother. '"oL Wade
H. Cooper, one of Washington, leading
bankers; Harry Btubbs, tC wjiiiamsten,
and V. B. Martin, of Plymouth ;' A. C
ZoIlieoffsT and & P. Cooper, of Hender-
soa: T. H. Tine, of WinstoB-Sal'ms W,
C. Hudson, of Charlotte; O. W. Blardon
and A. G. Johnson, of Balcigh; B. B.
Mason, of Durham) 8. W. Kenney, John
KofTyjr., and T. C-Taylor, of C,hpcl
Hill,; A. Berry, of Swan Quarter; Mr.
and "Mra. Carl. Goerch and child of
Washingtoa; Mr. aad Mrs. C. E. Tad-
lock, of Tarboro.
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hrtaera Ta Attend Ceremaalsl.
Scotland Neck. AorU 291116 Scot
land Neck Shrine. Club is pUnning to
go to Baleigh next month in a body to
tahe part in the Spring Ceremonial or
Sudan Temple. Private Pullmans have
already been ordered and tho Nobles
from this entire, wce'.lon aro eoanting
oa a joyous holiday ia the Capital City.
COVAN TO RESIGN
VILMfNGTON JOB
IB 1 :
UNITED STATES 111
Complete Agreement With Po
sition Taken By secretary
. Hughes Expressed .
CONVINCED AMERICA IS-
, SINCERE IN. POSITION
jjeir aa. r0a "To
rr r
Tow Princi
pal Allied? Powers Expresses
Belief - That United States
' Seeks No Special' Privilege;
Offers Co-operation To" Se.
, store Eqnaniinitj -
Washington, April 29. Complete
agreement-With the' position of the Uni
ted States in regard , to the Island of
Jap as expressed by Secretary Hughe
in bis note to th four principal allied
powers ia expressed in a note delivered
to the State Department today by the
Italian ambassador.
The Italian government essd it waa
convinced that the Uaited States was
seeking no privilege in Tap not granted
to other nations, and It offered Italy's
co-operation to restore equanimity to
the woud.
"Italy ia also convinced that the Uni
ted States intend to protect thein in
teresta in the Island of Tap with full
consideration for th Interests of other
nations, the note declared, adding that
"Italy, therefore, ha not hesitated to
express herself ia a way whieh com
pletely agrees with the tost of ; the
American note o we ana 01 April con
cerning the -equality of rights among
mandatories in the exercise of their
mandates."
No Exclnslve Privilege.
The' full text of the Italian note fol
low! ' .
"Italy la fully convinced that tho Uni
ted States are not asking for any privi
lege in the Island of Zap whieh is tot
equally granted to every other nation,
including Japan, Italy ia alao convinced
that the United State intend to TrO
toct their interest in th Island ef Tsp
with full consideration for the interest
of other nations. T
"Italy, therefor' ha not hesitated to
express herself In a way which com
Bletely agrees with the text of the
Amerieaa note er ta nitn at Apru
Inst- soneernisn the equality of right
among mandatories in th exercise ef
their mandates. -f
"Italy wishes and trusts thst ths just
rights of verybddy concerned b recog
nized always and everywhere, in th
Island of Yap 'a well as ia every other
place sad - circumstance, with perfect
equality and justice.
Bud to Co-operate
7.rv seconded the . Anglo-French
profosal which confided th study of
th Yap question to tha juridical com
mittee and the conference of embassa
dor in Paris and ah now expert that
th conference will pronounee itself
with equanimity in such a way a to
eliminate every, possibility of disagree
ment and to Conciliate all conflicting
interests.
''Italy is particularly glad whenever
the moral policies of the two govern
ment nnd th material interests of th
two nation agree in such a why a to
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put Italy ana tne united outsese in a
nnsition to co-operate towards the
attainment of the common end, which
consists in the realisation of ''an era of
serene peace aad prosperity for the
elvilixed world.""
STANDARD OIL BARRED
FROM SUMATRA REGION
Bequest of State Department
Tor Consideration Meets
With Rebuff
Th. Hairae. Anril'29. (B the Asso
ciated Press). The second chamber of
parliament today by a vote or 4tf to J
adopted the Djambi oil field bill, thus
barrins the bid of the Standard Oil
Company for a concession in the Suma
tra oil region.
Washington, April 29. "Th solution
orthe future oil problems throughout
the world" lie ia- the application of
tho nrineitole of equal opportunity for
the nations of all countries, the State
pepartmeht- say in note' transmitted
Anril 19 to the foreign office of the
Netherlandc and made public here to
day. Th note referred especially to
ennAitiona in the Djambi fields in the
Netherland East Indies and said that
"resDoilsTble and experienced Amerieaa
interests are ready and desirous to co
operate with the Netherlands govern
sent" in oil developments there.
In transmitting the note, William
Phillips, the American minister at The
Hague, said. ...
- "Mr sovernment finds no alternative
than the adoption of the principle of
equaliy good opportunism wun urn pri
iso that no foreign capital may opera'-e
in publie laads -unless its government
Amerieaa citinens. , ,-
Names Mlaister To Salvador.
Washington, April 29, President
Harding today nominated Montgomery
Schuyler, of New York, to be minister
to Salvador. -
Spread The Ncwe -i
When you have decided that the
unoccupied room , la ymr home
might just, a well as not be bringing-
you a good -weekly revenue to
help out with th rent, aoread th
new that you -want a roomtr.
Of couraa. yon don't spread th
newa by pnttlnar .an old-fashioned,
unsightly window sign tn your
house, but spread It In tho modern
way. by rtmnlnn a Want Ad. telling
what kind of a room yon have for
rent, how much you want for it
and th location o( your bouse.
Phono 117. the Hswa at Ob
server's want, ad man will gladly
call for your ad. y . ;
ameriga: hopeful
OVER SETTLEMENT
authoritative: Information Se
cured Following important
FRANCE OBDURATE ON
. REFUSING PROPOSALS
Neither' Great Britain Nor Italy
' Bejeot J Oerman p Offer- 'As
Basis ' For Pnrther DUcns
: sion; Controversy Will Await
Meeting; of Supreme Council
- In London TodaV , .
Zr .. 1
Washington, April 29v The American
government still is hopeful that the
reparations controversy betwetn Ger
many and the allies can be settled by
discussion.
This was learned authoratively to-
niarht after the whole situation Tiad
been discussed by President. Harding
and his cabinet, and Secretary Hughes
had conferred With J. Jules Jusaeraad,
th Fresco. -Ambasssdor and Bolando
Rieel: the Italian ambassador.
Upon what admlalatratloa omciais
ised their hopefulness wss not dis
closed. It 'became hnoWa, however,
that neither Great Britain nor Italy had
finally rejected a a basis for possible
dlaewMioa the Herman- otter.
Franc and Belginin were under
stood to hold that th proposal a such
were unacceptable.
The impression gained ground here
tonight that the next formal move in
the controversy would awatt the out-
corns of -the meeting at ivoadoa torn or-
Vow of the allied Snpreme eounelL
State Deparemeat officers refused to
say today whether the United States
would have aa unofficial observer at the
meeting -of -the Supreme council, v
Th chief problem in the whole con
troversy, -in the view here, i to d
tannine how much Germany can pay
aad mak bar pay that sum. t
F BANCS MAtVnDKHTAKB
OCCUPATION Or BUHB ALONs
London, April 89. (By th Associated
PreesIa the event of failure- by
Fraaee to receive the support of her
allies, the French govrnmnt Will pro
ceed alone to the occupation or the
Ruhr region, arguing that Germany ra
a easily present- new proposal! after
as befor occupation. - - '
tO VOTE ON KNOX PEACE
ftRESOLtmON LATE TODAY
Spirited Debate In Senate Peiu
Yured By Democratio Mi."
aority Beport -
Washington, April 29. In spirited
debt .th Senate todoy proceeded to
ward tha vote on the tvaos peace reso
lution arranged for lata -tomorrow-with
both friends and foe expecting sdop-
tlOlk. t : '
Oppoaents of the resolution predomi
nated again-jn today'a diseussioa, which
alao so developed a break in -the IJemo-
eratie rsaka when Senator Bead, of
Missouri, made a lengthy address in
support of the resolution. . it was at
tacked by Seaator Hitchcock, ' of
Nebraska. SetmttwETAONIETAONINN
neDrosaa, nemor inniwst on in for
eign Belation committee; afeKelhir,
Democrat, Tenn Bobinson, 'Democrat
Arkansas, and supported by Senators
Koran. .Idaho: -neiiogg, or Minnesota;
McCorslnck, Illinois and otheriBepub-
ueana.
During debate. Senator Pomerene,
Dfmocrot, Ohio, filed a minority ro
port, sigaed by f 11 present Democrat
members of the t'oreiga Helations com
mittee, predlctiag that the resolution
would "prove a diaappoinfment" and as
serting that it was an attempt to
"usurp" th President's - treaty-making
power.
In the final debate tomorrow -Benator
Lodge,1 of -Massachusetts, Bepublican
leader, aad Benator Borah, and McCor-
mlek, are scheduled to speak in support
of the resolution, while Benator
Pomerene, King,- Democrat, Utah, ant
Bobinson, srs to apeak ia opposition. -
Gallant Crew of
REPARATIONS
'" ..- un
U. S. Men to Shed German Blood
Br J08EPHU8 DANIELS
Fanner Secretary ef the Navy,
- ComMskt. ltn. ky John I. nnki. ro,rltt br
BrHaui. CMMrta ,nd thrrnvsont Itmim. ail rlthu
Imwm wj. In'daUliis tr.n)lu(i Into fottn Iwmiii,
kxlu1taa tt, BrWidlnartMi. t'uuUMrliMl ttfirluMos
; Cosutantinople, March 23. (De- '
- layed.) The Scorpion, veteran , of
. the Spanish-American war, interned
hero when the United States joined
the allies, and now Adrimal Bristol's
flagship, ha been ordered told by
' , th navy department. The Storp
. ion has been stationed her moch of
th time since 1908, when it be
came a dispatch host for th Ameri
can embassy, it is a convert
, yacht.
Whea the afermaa c raisers Geobea
sad - Breslau made thel ecitsational
aer.pa at the opening of the. war, and
raced down the hleditcranean to deliver
themrciv's'to Turkey, it wss an Ame-,r-can
and is nee on an Aaserican grand
stand which watched the thrilling finish
ia the harbor of Constantinople.
- From the deck of the gunboat Scorp
ion, flying the flag of th United States,
the oflfcer and men, with no littlo
'amusement, beheld th evidently Ta
tonie erewt ef the erstwhile ships of the
German nsvy, hastily doffing thslr Ger
man caps and donning Moslem f cries as
th Turkish flag wa hoisted to th
masthead... - '- ": ' '
Throughout th war th Scorpion was
a vantage point of observation for the
events which occurred in the nr cast.
When the United State beeam a bel
timntnt it ouietlr iaUrnsd. since then
was aq declaration ef war with Turkey,
ITS SPRINGTIME" '
' v IN WASHINGTON, TOO
atmirPiWTtiTWi-'tiii in i 'if
Benator John -ShSra WUliams, of
Mississippi, saapped at the White House
in first straw, hat. ot the season to be
worn at,th Executiv Mansion. . .
F0ER RATE
Asheville Can Worry Along On
Six Cents, But Raleigh
Wants Eight '
Th Aahevtil Power and Ligfit Com
nanv. a subsidiary " of the Carolina
Power hnd Light Company, yesteruay
withdrew,-its, pending petition berore
the Corporation Commission for a raise
ia street ear farce ia the mountain me
tropolia, and substituted in it, stead
notice of petition for higher gas rates.
The eommissioa allowed the withdrawal
or lao Troiioy inrw jkjuhuu. t
During the week beginning May 15,
the Carolina Power aad Light Company
will present sn appeal to the commia
sioa for authority to raise atreet ear
rates in Baleigh from-seyea to eight
eenta. ' The Asheville gas rate ease will
be ready for preeentatioa before the
end of the month, it ia understood, and
effort Will be made - to have the rate
raised to a parity with other cities of
l:e sise. .,.-" " 7 " . ,
Petition wai 'tied wh th eomml
sVa some week ago for a raise in trol
ley fares Sa. Asheville from sis to avn
santa, According to the request filed
yntordsy, th eomrtany will endeavor
to work through . th summer on th
present fare schedule, but the Carotins
Power and Light Company find itself
unable to gt along withoat a twenty
fly per cent higher rate in Baleigh.
RarneillstLun of tha divergent ss
ncts nreepnted br the two cities will
probably figure . largely in the fight
which will be made against the raise
in Baleigh. The petitioning company
will ba naked to 'demonstrate hew one
of it properties esn get along in- one
city on. a aixent rate aad petition for
an eight-cent rate tn anotner eiiy.
Asheville waa not included In the re
cent appeal for higher gas rates in
seventeen cities and towae in the State.
Th ana plant ther ia aaid to be in
approximately th sam situation as was
outlined ty tho petitioners ror ngieiga
and other town in the State. Intima
tion has been made' for some time that
a general move would be read by the
traction companies for higher atreet
ear farea. but thus far only the Caro
Una Power and LighJ Company ha
moved. v Durham was allowed an eight
, cent rat last fall. -
SPEED BOAT PUTS INTO
SANDY HOOK FOB REPAIRS
New York, April 19. The aneed
beat. Gar II, Jr, racing against
, paacagor train time .. between
Florida aad New York, pat Into
Sandy Hook late this afternoon with
a broken shaft. Repairs are ex.
petted to be made there toaight.
Tho racer ha 1 boar and three
ailaates to complete the . eighteen
mils of her Jairney" la order to
eeaal th time af the express train.
Scorpion First ,
and nothing to be gained by this little)
vessel risking . almost, certain destruc
tion br an effort to run th U-boat
gauntlet in the Mediterranean ia order
to reach the naval force of the allies.
Tanning Time lor vrew
This, however, does'not mean that the
Seorpioa s wartime existence wss wholly
monotonous. It had its thrills and its
opportunities for service. When Turkey
catered the war the crew of the Scorp
ion waa. invaluable to Mr. Morgenthao
in. guarding embassies and helping to
get the retiring allied officials and tnous
nnd of noncombatanta men, women
and children safely out of th city.
Th American flag waa temporarily
hoisted over the British embassy, and
men of the Scorpion stood on guard
about the building, because there were
rumors that aa attack was to be made
oven ltjand'Wr. MOneentbnu' had been
requested by the British government to
take charge of British interests.
But the most thrilling episode Sn Hi
Scorpion's long sojourn in the Bosporus
occurred on May S3. 1916.
Long line of transport, with 40,000
or ffyjltOO troops aboard, were at the
quay ready to sail fot th re-eitforce-ment
of the Ottoman sniies at the Dar
danellea Aa escort of destroyers and
patrol boat had been sent ahead into
the fcea.ef Mnrmora, aad one or two
destroyers war racing about in. the
Boenoroua. '
- The opportunity, for a. sudden blow
by th alMeh was ,exeellentt if anybody
ronld get near enough to strike the
blow. Approach, however, meant run
(Continued aa Page Six)
FEDERAL-RAIDERS
KILL BLOCKADERS
Three Negroes Are Dead and
Others Are Wounded : ;
ty Officers
FIGHT. STARTS WHEN '
AGENTS ATTACK
None of Eevenue TMen, Led By
H. : 0. QuIIey; Wounded ;
The Baldwin Brothers, Who
Skipped Bond In Horth Caro.
Una, i Are Believed To Be
-Leaders la Whiskey -Operal
tons -r-.j't'.V
? j77 :
Threej 'anldeatifled y! negroes wera
killed outright aad six other wounded
when a party f nine prohibition of A
cera, headed by H. G. Gullev. of Bal
eigh, raided a monster distillery, i six .
hundred yard beyond, th Virginia line
from Warren county yesterday mora.' -
ing at & o'clock. None of th officer
till of aa sggragat capacity ef 479
stills of an aggregato capacity of 475
gollona. 2200 gallons capacity of .473 '
Property valued at . 87,800 were do
t raved, i i " . ' 7.
The-TJTant was manned by aeventee
negroen, most of them believed to b
BRISK BATTLE
resident of the southern aeetioa ef . ,
Wake- county,-with Haye aad Jo
Baldwin, Apex negroes, fugitive from
justice of the Waka county conrt in - .
charm of the ope rations. Both th
Baldwins escaped in a high powered;
automobile, carrying acvaral of th 7
wounded negroes with them. 7 Alto .
gether'itis ths largest distillery ver
destroyed by North Carolina prohibl .
tion forces. - ''." '"'.".-
Although the bodies of the three "'
deed negroes wer viewed by thousands . (
of .eitisea from that section ot tha
country, . no one waa able to identify
tlem when the coroner of Mecklenburg
county called s jury together yesterday
afterndon to consider the situation. Ths
jury rendered a unanimous verdict to
the effect that the negroes died at th
hands of of fleer who wer defesding
their own live. Each member of the
jury personally congratulated the offl-
eere and thanked them for ridding th ;
country of so baleful aa iadustry. -,
7 - Caaght Betwaea rtra
The' officer taking part in, ths raid ;
returned to Baleigh early last night,
thoroughly exhauated . from ths trip.
Neither of ths men . all of them
experienced in ths business of raldiag
illicit distilleries bad vr had so thrill'
ing aa experience, or had com so jietrr '
death a whea 'th entir party waa
caught between th fir of guard whom
they had pasued ia their advene on th
still and th fir of tea other negro
who wera operating the plant. v " .
Two months of steady work had Keen
done, chiefly by Prohibition Agent IV :
M. Lewi, of Henderson, before , ur.
Gullley determined Thursday morning . '
to make the raid that night. Time sad
again the still wa located, but before .
preparation could be mad to raid it, ,
the operators would mov It. Early
this week, informatioa wa resolved
that a heavy run wa about to begin,
and the etiU would be operated until
the middle of next week in it present ,
locoticAi. Mr. Galley decided that it was 7
tim to atrihe, --1''-
Leaviag Baleigh at 4 o elock Thursday s-' .
afternoon, and picking up other offi- :
eers at Henderson the party arrived
in the neighborhood of the location st .
11 o'clock Thursday night. Ia th
party were Officer Gulley, Lewis, J. H.
Bamaey, C. C. 8horee, N. E. Baines, E. .
G. Birhnrdaon, A. P.'Cstes, L O. Brady, 77
and J. B. Paadergrast, Light rain was '7
falling, softening the etrth aad deed '
ning the sound of the footfalls of the
officers as they made their way through
the woods. 1.; -
In Sight af PUnL - ' -.
Midnight found the nine men withia
sight of the plant, set ia a narrow ra- ...
vine between two heavily wooded hills. .
By the light of the fire that biased 7
order the three great copper stills tha
officers eould see ten negroes busily, at 7
work. They lay down i th wood to
wait dawn, watching every move of tha
busy distillers. At four o dock. Mr. OuW
ley gave the word to advaaee, aad the .
flicors, guns in hand, moved forward.-,;
Extreme eanuon wa otxrvt. Th ,
mea moved slowly, always careful to 1
avoid breaking a twig that might alarm f
the negroes, or warn the guards, which
were suspected of beiag out around tha ":
place. The work at the still continued,
the operators having no thought of be
ing taken Iy surprise. Jawn began to
break by the time the officers were with-
in a hundred yards of the plant. It wss.
decided to move down swiftly aad over
power th negroes befor they could
offer resistance.. " ,v'
Half doaen Winchester rifles barked
out behind the officers, : and bullets
whistled past their beads. Realising ,
that they had passed the guarda in the"
dark, Galley gave the order to storm th
still, without regard to th fir from the
rear. The officers rushed, but befor
they had gone tea steps th negroes at
the atill opened fir. -. : , V' - I
Officers Open Fir. 7 7
Officers Un the group opened flr sa ,'
they ran, concentrating upon . tho
negroes eleerly visible in the glowief ,
the'furnaee of th still. Three mea
dronyed with -th firat- volley, ethers
yelled as If they had been hit. Th efll- 7
ccrs emptied tfaoir guua, the' negroea
had emptied their guns, and in the lull,7
the men at the stiU detided to retreat.
Recovering the guns that had - been
dropped, by the three who wer ahot
down,' the remaining acven disappeared.
One of the Baldwin negroea paused
In" his flight, took deliberate aim st
Mr. Gulley sad fired. Ths bullet miss
ed th office, snd th nin men epeaed ,
apon the fleeing negro, but "without,
definite result. Th firing from be
hind censed. nd th battl wa over.
Look in r around, ,the officer took stock
of th situatioa. On ef the.negroee
waa atill alive and leaving th other
member of th party ' to guard th ;
(Coatraesd n JPng TwaJ
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